美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-10-21_在线英语听力室

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1. Catholic bishops¹ have scrapped² their landmark³ welcomes to gays, showing deep visions at end of the two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families.

2. Health officials in Ohio are monitoring more than 100 people following the visit by a Dallas nurse who tested positive for Ebola shortly after returning to Texas from the Cleveland area.

3. Authorities say a rifle carrying man with a mud covered face spotted⁴ in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains is believed to be the suspect in last month’s deadly ambush⁵ at a state police barricade⁶.

4. Bermuda’s police commissioner⁷ says many roads were impassable after the hurricane Gonzalo crossed over the British territory over night. There have been no death or serious injuries reported. But the damage has been extensive.

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1 bishops
（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )；（国际象棋的）象
参考例句：
Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。 "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

2 scrapped
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)；打架
参考例句：
This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。 It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

3 landmark
n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标
参考例句：
The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。 The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

4 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

5 ambush
n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击
参考例句：
Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。 Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

6 barricade
n.路障，栅栏，障碍；vt.设路障挡住
参考例句：
The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。 It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。

7 commissioner
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。 He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-10-21